14737 – Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Job Description

CMVM / Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed term: 22 months

The Opportunity:

Help us redefine what’s possible. Be part of something bigger.

This opportunity is for a postdoctoral research associate in metabolic psychiatry. The postholder will work on the MRC Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry, led by Professor Daniel Smith. They will be the main researcher for Workstream Three of the Hub (‘Metabolic Biomarkers of Mental Illness’), conducting a detailed prospective study of patients with mental illness to assess how changes in metabolic tests and changes in sleep relate to clinical outcomes. They will assist in the recruitment and assessment of patient volunteers with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression, as well as healthy controls. This will include the collection of data on mental health symptoms, sleep data and metabolic tests. They will also be involved in the analysis of data, drafting publications and taking part in knowledge exchange and dissemination activities.

A career with us has a range of other benefits:

Professional development and subject matter expertise

Opportunities to develop new skills and broaden your experience

Leading-edge research

Working within one of the world’s leading universities

This post is full-time and based in Edinburgh (35 hours per week).